Rubber shoe



Sept. l-,`l925. 1,552,022

A. A. WILLSON RUBBER SHQE Filed Dec. 11, 1920 2 Sheets-Shut 2 ll i.

' vide a tread which is securely held in place Patented sept.v i, 1925.

UNITED STATES l "1,552,022 PATENToFFlcE.

' 'ARTHUR A. wILLsoN, or omcaao,v ILLrN'oIs.

' RUBBER snor:`

Application led December 11,:1920, SeriallN'o. 429,942.

To yall whom it, may concer/n.' v

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. IVILLsoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at. Chicago, in the county of Cook and State without the use of nails, rivets, or the like, the securing being accomplished by providing an enlarged anchoring base on the tread and positioning the. tread in the mold `at the tlme` of molding the rubber, overshoe,

or the like, so that after the rubber is molded, the tread will be securely anchored lin place so as to beintegral with the sole or heel of the rubber or overshoe.

Another object of myinvention isto, ro-- vide a trea of thevcharacter describe So Warranged as to project suiiiciently `beyond the surface of the rubber, heel or sole, so as to take the initial wear, and after the tread. .has worn down iush with the bottom 'of y the `sole or heel, to still maintain funcltion of taking up wear and preventlng'sllpping or skidding. With these and other o )ectsand advantagesin view, theconstruction herein shown and described will be ob the art from ther.

`vious'tothose-skilledinl disclosurelierein given. L

, To this end,y my inventlonconsists inthe novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereingshown and described,

and

more particularly 'pointed out .in the '.claim. i

arts: Fig.' 1 is a side elevation of a rubber with my invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same; v Fig. v3 is a section taken on, line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is aisection taken on line of Fi 2' Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section, greatly 5e enlarged, showing the manner of securing tilietreads to the heel and sole.

In the drawings A represents a body of rubber having a heel portion 1 and a sole' portion 2. 3 represents the tread inserts 4.secured'to said heel and sole portions, there being a plurality vof inserts in both-heel and sole, each of said inserts being preferably,

parallel `to the edges of the respective part to which it is attached, and also being endless so as to provide substantially straight4 lateral -or transversetread portions 4.

The treads are' of lany ysuitable iibrous material, such as canvas, or the like, and are secured to the rubber during the mold-- ing thereof, thus being securely vulcanized in place so as to be integral with the rubber.

Each t-read comprises a body havingparallel sides 6 and a base 5, said base beingpreferably of larger cross-section than the main body portion" of the tread, and, as'

shownl in Figs. 3 -to 5 inclusive, said Ibase is of wedge or dovetail shape or other equivalent construction so that .it may interlock with the rubber, 4the sides 7 of the dovetail diverging outwardly away from the sides ,6 of the body 'port-ion, the. treadsbeing of greatest width at the intersection of the sides 7 with the base end 8.

It will be noticed in Figs. 3, 4 andl 5,

that the enlarged base of the tread is osi- 'tioned so as to be placed inwardlyzo the vtread `surface ofl the rubber, overshoe, or

the like, thus greatly increasing the gripping action of the rubber upon the tread.

The treadsare preferably -secured to thel heel 'and' soleby positioning them in the mold' and then molding they rubber body so as to Abe integral therewith.

.'Thus, there is provided a rubber, overshoe or the- V like, which in additionv to its usual advantages, has a non-slip or non-skid wearing tread-whichwill greatly increase 'the useful life ohthe saine and guard the f wearer from accidents. l AIn the# drawings wherein like Ireierence` characters indicate or' corresponding Thegtread receives the entire initial wear s imilanto the wearing action of the nonskid treads` of an automobile tire, and when worn Hush with the Sole and heel will pre- 10oy a vent -the rapid 'wear of rthese parts, and yet retain its function of preventing slipping or skidding on wet or icy walks.

Having thus described my invention, it

i ment,` construction and combination of parts concentric grooves arranged in the bottom of said shoe, each of said grooves having converging side Walls near the inner ends thereof with e reduced neck portion having straight Walls extending to thesurface of said tread, continuous Wear strips in said grooves, each of said Wear strips at the upname2@ per portion thereof being substantially wedge shaped to conform with `the contour of the inner ends of said grooves andheving reduced extending portions provided with parallel sides passing through the reduced necks of said groovesa substantial distance 20 ibeyond the bottom of the shoe, lseid extending portions of said Wearstrips `rsind the l wedge-'shaped portions thereofbeing of ma,- terial more resistant to Wear than the rubber bottom.

In testimony whereof; I .have hereunto signed my name.

ARTHUR A; WILLsoN.. f 

